- [The Things Stack Community Edition Console](https://console.cloud.thethings.network/)
- choose your region and go to applications
- create an application by clicking "**+ Add application**" and give it a id, name, etc.
- create a device by clicking "**+ Add end device**"
- Select the end device: choose the Brand "**Open Source Community Projects**" and the Model "**ESP32-Paxcounter**", leave Hardware Version to "**Unknown**" and select your **Firmware Version** and **Profile (Region)**
- Enter registration data: choose the **frequency plan** (for EU choose the recommended), set the **AppEUI** (Fill with zeros), set the **DeviceEUI** (generate), set the **AppKey** (generate), choose a **device ID** and hit "Register end device"
- got to Applications -> "your App ID" -> Payload formatters -> Uplink, choose "**Repository**" and hit "Save changes"
The "Repository" payload decoder uses the packed format, explained below. If you want to use MyDevices from Cayenne you should use the Cayenne payload decoder instead.
If you want your devices to be feeding the [TTN Mapper](https://ttnmapper.org/), just follow this manual: [https://docs.ttnmapper.org/integration/tts-integration-v3.html](https://docs.ttnmapper.org/integration/tts-integration-v3.html) - different than indicated in the manual you can leave the payload decoder to "Repository" for the ESP32-Paxcounter and you are fine.
